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Westgate Oxford
Oxford, Great Britain

  • project The Westgate Oxford Shopping Centre, Oxford
  • architect BDP, Glenn Howells, Panter Hudspith, Allies and Morrison, Dixon Jones
  • landscape architect Gillespies, LDA Design
  • photographer Tom Niven, Amphitype
  • Representation Selux UK

Loca­ted in Oxford’s medi­eval heart­land, the West­gate Centre is an impor­tant shop­ping loca­tion in this sout­hern Eng­lish city famous for its pres­ti­gi­ous uni­ver­sity. The shop­ping centre was desig­ned and built bet­ween 1970 and 1972 and is today a popu­lar shop­ping and leisure loca­tion that, besi­des nume­rous res­ta­urants and cafés, also houses a cinema and a 9-hole crazy golf course. The new roof ter­race, with its view of the city, is lit using Lanova lumi­na­ires and cons­ti­tu­tes a par­ti­cu­lar high­light.

The West­gate Oxford was comp­re­hen­si­vely moder­ni­sed and expan­ded during 2016 and 2017 – a pro­ject plan­ned by BDP arc­hi­tects. The upg­ra­ded centre now covers a sur­face area of around 74,000 m², which has been set aside for shop­ping, res­ta­urants and leisure acti­vi­ties. Oxford City Coun­cil inves­ted around 500 mil­lion pounds in the pro­ject which, besi­des around 100 new shops, inc­lu­des a cinema, new foot­paths, two squ­ares and 59 new apart­ments as well as a bus route, taxi rank and car­park.

As part of the moder­ni­sa­tion and exten­sion, a ter­race with a bar and res­ta­urant has been added on the roof of the shop­ping centre that pro­vi­des a view of Oxford’s his­to­ri­cal sky­line. Desig­ners at LDA have used the Lanova 250 LED lumi­na­ire for the ligh­ting solu­tion here, with lumi­na­ires sus­pen­ded in two rows on a cable that con­nects the bar and the res­ta­urant, immer­sing the seating areas in a ple­asant and warm light as soon as dark­ness falls.

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